SARANAC LAKE — The weekly farmers markets in Lake Placid and Saranac Lake will continue to offer locally produced farm products and handmade goods — but under a new name and host organization. The Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) announced...
ESSEX — After a two-year hiatus, the Adirondack North Country Association will again host its recreational bicycle tour of North Country farms, local food businesses and agricultural landscapes. The regional economic development nonprofit has announced this year’s Bike the Barns...
FRANKLIN COUNTY | An estimated 10,000 to 16,000 businesses in New York’s North Country region are expected to close or change hands in the next decade as their owners enter retirement. Bolstered by the commitment of young entrepreneurs and the...
The trustees of the Glenn and Carol Pearsall Adirondack Foundation have announced this year’s awards to area not-for-profits. Of the 53 grant proposals received this year, 38 were funded in whole or in part. Read the full article in the...
Clarkson University's highest community service honor, the Bertrand H. Snell Award, was bestowed upon Kate Fish, retired executive director of the Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) at a reception in her honor hosted by Clarkson President Tony Collins and University...
She grew up in the Town of Newburgh and by high school had joined her high school’s cross-country team, kickstarting her journey and connection with the outdoors. Now, Klarisse Torriente is cementing her love of nature in a role she...
By Emily Russell Sep 09, 2021 — Every year the Common Ground Alliance, a group of local leaders in the Adirondacks, comes out with a blueprint for the blue line. It’s a kind of guide for building a better park...
Jay Ward, longtime president of Ward Lumber Company of Jay, has been thinking about transitioning his 130-year family business for over two decades. In consultation with his wife and daughters, and brother Jeff who runs the mill, he decided to...
May 27, 2021 — North Country businesses are starting to look beyond surviving the pandemic to building back. A regional economic development not-for-profit is set up to help them, thanks to a $1 million federal grant. The Adirondack North Country...
May 26, 2021 — Most counties in the North Country are reporting progress in getting residents vaccinated against COVID-19 though there are disparities for certain groups. A recent online panel talked about the history of medical and scientific abuse of...
May 6, 2021 WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $6 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to provide critical gap financing and technical support to New...
May 21, 2021 SARANAC LAKE — The Adirondack North Country Association has received a combined grant award of more than $1.26 million from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration and Mastercard to develop and implement small business assistance...
by Tim Roland May 19, 2021 ELIZABETHTOWN | Jay Ward came to the Essex County Supervisors meeting to talk about business transition and wound up talking about the price of two-by-fours. Ward Lumber, with stores in Jay and Malone, became...
The employees of Ward Lumber have made history by purchasing the 130-year-old business as a worker-owned cooperative. The transaction marks the first employee ownership transition of its kind in the North Country region of New York State.
Standing outside Ward Lumber in the Adirondack town of Jay, you could easily confuse the company’s namesake, Jay Ward, for a small-town mayor. Over the course of a 30-minute, Ward repeatedly pauses to greet an incoming customer by name, complete...
JAY — Popular hardware and building supplies store Ward Lumber, a family business rooted in upstate New York since 1890, is now a worker-owned cooperative. The lumber store's 50 or so employees recently purchased the 130-year-old business and officials are...
JAY | In what could become a model for the North Country or even the nation, employees at Ward Lumber Co. in Jay and Malone have purchased the company, which had been family-owned since 1890.
Jay, N.Y and Malone, N.Y. — The employees of Ward Lumber have made history by purchasing the 130-year-old business as a worker-owned cooperative. The transaction marks the first employee ownership transition of its kind in the North Country region of...
